Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway (Cheshire Lines Committee)






Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


From Old Roan to Southport

Merseyrail 507007 arrives at Old Roan on 8 June 2021 with an Ormskirk to Liverpool service. The platforms here are on an embankment so the lift shafts ...
John McIntyre 08/06/2021
The Merseyrail EMUs are to be replaced by a fleet on order from Stadler for delivery in 2019-2020. The Class 507/508s are basic but have served the ...
Mark Bartlett 07/02/2017
The modern structures at Old Roan near Aintree. Like many Merseyrail stations it is a bit non-descript at platform level but worth a second look from ...
Mark Bartlett 25/08/2011
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Looking north west from Altcar and Hillhouse along the route to Southport Lord Street, now the Cheshire Lines trail for walking and cycling, on 14th ...
Mark Bartlett 14/08/2020
The site of Altcar and Hillhouse station, looking south east from the road overbridge in August 2020. Primarily serving the CLC route to Southport ...
Mark Bartlett 14/08/2020
Looking north west along the closed line to Southport Lord Street from the site of Altcar and Hillhouse station (closed 1952) through the bridge ...
Ken Strachan 16/05/2014
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Looking south-east from the road bridge over the former CLC line from Southport to Liverpool at the site of Mossbridge station in May 2013. Nothing ...
John McIntyre 19/05/2013
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This was the terminus of the Cheshire Lines Committee line to the town. ...

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Southport, 2014. The white roofed building lower right is a supermarket, on the site of Lord Street CLC station (closed 1952). This survived to the ...
Mike Burke 19/04/2014
1913 6-inch map extract of Southport showing the relative positions of Lord Street and Chapel Street stations. Lord Street, whose tracks ran towards ...
National Library of Scotland 19/08/2023
The Cheshire Lines station in Southport had a frontage onto the main shopping street, Lord Street. The clocktower has the letters SCLER carved beneath ...
John McIntyre 09/03/2018
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